'Sole Mates' is Chris, Dan, Deborah and Simon. We're a team taking part in Trailwalker 2011, an event raising money for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust.
Trailwalker is 100km over the South Downs in 30 hours - that's 62 miles, or the equivalent of two and a half marathons and up and down Ben Nevis and Snowdon, all in one go.
We'll blog about our training, our blisters, our fundraising and, of course, the event itself.
Please support us: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/SoleMates

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

An accidental trek

Dan's solo training #2, Sunday 23rd Jan:

Somehow a planned nice countryside loop, starting from our front door and taking in a decent pub or two, ended up being a 15-mile hardcore training hike that took around five and a half hours. And the pub was closed. It felt like a very long way and it's still only around a quarter of the Trailwalker distance.

The good news is that no long-term injuries were sustained, and we didn't have to call out the St Bernards. We even managed to resist the siren call of the two Gurkha restaurants on the way back through Winchester. On balance, promising. Although, seriously guys, 66 miles?!